[New Zealand Government] :"I've just heard - the troops sail ...". They talked ... This happened. Lest we regret ... don't talk [ca 1941]

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[New Zealand Government] :"I've just heard - the troops sail ...". They talked ... This happened. Lest we regret ... don't talk [ca 1941]

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Poster issued during World War II counsels against indiscrete conversation which may be overheard. The poster is in two panels: the upper panel shows a black and white photograph of a smiling woman on the telephone giving information about troops sailing. The lower panel shows a silhouette illustration of the troopship sinking, as a result of the information getting into enemy hands. Advertisements with the same wording were published in periodicals (NZ Mirror, December 1941, page 41; NZ L...

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Image

Date created

1941 - 1942

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/31981767

Related subjects

Transports / World War, 1939-1945 / Naval operations / Secrecy / Defence information, Classified / Telephone / Wiretapping

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